Japanese Behaviour Reel 5

Japanese Behaviour Reel 5 Office of Strategic Services - Japanese Background Study Program Part 3 - On the psychology and living habits of the Japanese people. NB Many scenes taken from pre-1941 Japanese feature films. Scenes showing the place in society of the Geisha girls - men relaxing around dinner table w/ Geishas - “the bon bon in a diet of rice and fish, mistress of the free and joyous life” - Geishas singing and performing traditional dance - Geisha at home flirting w/ man - Geisha tickling chin of man, watched by older woman. 09:00:57 Recreational pastimes: Japanese steeplechase - running - swimming race - female golfer - tennis match - baseball. Festivals: New Years, Girls & Boys Days, Cherry Blossom Festival - parade through streets w/ lanterns, costumed children, decorated carts. Christmas - Japanese man dressed as Santa Claus. Japanese visitors to Shinto shrines. 09:02:36 Japanese workers operating heavy machinery; assembling tanks. CU mother feeding baby. Young girl fighting with boys while baby brother in sling on her back. Mother sings lullaby to baby in hammock. 09:04:29 Japanese family around dinner table - young children. Schoolchildren in uniform. VS schoolchildren doing Callisthenics in schoolyard - government official broadcasts commands on PA system linked to schools across Japan. Young children in classroom - teacher shows how to draw Japanese letters correctly. Historical indoctrination: boy studying war stories at home - extract of film showing Japanese warriors in battle - schoolboys playing battles outdoors w/ fake guns, cannons and miniature fighter planes. Young Japanese girl being taught how to open door, bowing and serving; girl taught art of the Geisha. Teenagers exercising in formation. Japanese Navy cadets climb rigging and scrub deck. Children march to help on farms w/ sickles and hoes; digging. 09:07:37 Japanese children marching and singing, waving flags. WWII. Customs.